Nostalgia fuels UK boom in vintage video game repairs


Luke Malpass, the owner and founder of RetroSix, poses for a photograph in their headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The shelves lining Luke Malpass's home workshop are a gamer's treasure trove stretching back decades – here components of vintage Game Boys, Sega Megadrives and Nintendos jostle for space awaiting repair. — AFP

STOKE-ON-TRENT, United Kingdom: The shelves lining Luke Malpass's home workshop are a gamer's treasure trove stretching back decades, with components of vintage Game Boys, Sega Mega Drives and Nintendos jostling for space and awaiting repair.

Parcels from gamers seeking help arrive from around the world at RetroSix, Malpass's Aladdin's cave.

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